Liverpool legend Carragher is picked on form not legacy, insists Dalglish

Kenny Dalglish has given Jamie Carragher a ringing endorsement as he insisted Liverpool’s stand-in captain is being picked on merit rather than his legacy.

Carragher, 33, has come under scrutiny in some quarters for displays against Bolton and Stoke, while newly-acquired Uruguay international Sebastian Coates has impressed the Scot in training.

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‘Jamie Carragher will do me just fine the way he is,’ said Dalglish, who will pick Carragher to lead Liverpool out at White Hart Lane. ‘I don’t know what (more) I can say to you about him because there is nothing that I would like to change about him.’

‘Nobody will get picked for their history. The people who have been involved with the club for a long time would expect that. They would not want it. They have got extremely high standards set for themselves.’